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[Portrait of Leontyne Price] – Antique Photo Print

[Portrait of Leontyne Price], 1951 Dec. 11. — historic photograph
[Portrait of Leontyne Price], 1951 Dec. 11.. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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A December 1951 sitting by Carl Van Vechten, one of the most prolific portraitists of American performing artists in the mid-twentieth century, captures Leontyne Price early in her career. Price, a soprano from Laurel, Mississippi, was then building a reputation in opera and concert work, and she would soon become one of the most celebrated singers of her generation, debuting at the Metropolitan Opera in 1961. Van Vechten's studio portraits of singers, dancers, writers and actors were made with a sitter's public image in mind, so this print offers a glimpse of how a rising artist was presented to the public at the time.

Created / published1951 Dec. 11.
Medium1 photographic print : gelatin silver.
GenrePortrait photographs.
NotesTitle derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: I JJ 8. Also available on microfilm. Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966. Forms part of: Portrait photographs of celebrities, a LOT which in turn forms part of the Carl Van Vechten photograph collection (Library of Congress).
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,024 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-163800

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